The Christmas Bat is now a beloved holiday tradition.
Rankin-Bass stop-motion animated special is great.
Rankin-Bass stop-motion animated special is great.
they don’t tell you when you buy a christmas tree at the christmas tree farm that you could take it home, decorate it, and then be relaxing in your living room seven nights later when A BAT suddenly flies out and starts CRASHING AROUND YOUR HOUSE
December 25, 2025 at 7:11 AM
The Christmas Bat is now a beloved holiday tradition.
Rankin-Bass stop-motion animated special is great.
Rankin-Bass stop-motion animated special is great.
Given Christopher Nolan's well-known preference for realism and practical effects, I expect the runtime of his film "The Odyssey" to be ten years.
December 23, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Given Christopher Nolan's well-known preference for realism and practical effects, I expect the runtime of his film "The Odyssey" to be ten years.
A Lord of the Rings cover band called The Jackson Five.
December 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
A Lord of the Rings cover band called The Jackson Five.
I'm switching to Waterfox, a fork of Firefox that reportedly removes the tracking and AI features.
I hope Waterfox doesn't change their non-AI policy, because that would leave just Airfox and Earthfox. I don't know what I'd do if they adopt AI too. (j/k)
I hope Waterfox doesn't change their non-AI policy, because that would leave just Airfox and Earthfox. I don't know what I'd do if they adopt AI too. (j/k)
Mozilla has a new CEO and he just announced that Firefox will evolve into a modern AI browser. This is a good example of how management doesn’t understand its own user base and why they go out of their way to install Firefox on Windows, Android, iOS and other devices blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/l...
December 17, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I'm switching to Waterfox, a fork of Firefox that reportedly removes the tracking and AI features.
I hope Waterfox doesn't change their non-AI policy, because that would leave just Airfox and Earthfox. I don't know what I'd do if they adopt AI too. (j/k)
I hope Waterfox doesn't change their non-AI policy, because that would leave just Airfox and Earthfox. I don't know what I'd do if they adopt AI too. (j/k)
Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (either War or Trek), LOTR, or Marvel
December 8, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (either War or Trek), LOTR, or Marvel
Reading about TOON (Token-Oriented Object Notation) as an alternative to JSON.
Every time I read TOON, I think of the movie "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (1988).
The slogan for TOON should be, "I'm not bad, I'm just formatted that way."
Every time I read TOON, I think of the movie "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (1988).
The slogan for TOON should be, "I'm not bad, I'm just formatted that way."
November 29, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Reading about TOON (Token-Oriented Object Notation) as an alternative to JSON.
Every time I read TOON, I think of the movie "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (1988).
The slogan for TOON should be, "I'm not bad, I'm just formatted that way."
Every time I read TOON, I think of the movie "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (1988).
The slogan for TOON should be, "I'm not bad, I'm just formatted that way."
News: Marjorie Taylor Green announced she will resign from Congress Jan. 6, 2026.
She assumed office Jan. 3, 2021.
It may not be a coincidence that members of US Congress who participate in the pension system are vested once they have been in office for five years.
She assumed office Jan. 3, 2021.
It may not be a coincidence that members of US Congress who participate in the pension system are vested once they have been in office for five years.
November 22, 2025 at 5:16 AM
News: Marjorie Taylor Green announced she will resign from Congress Jan. 6, 2026.
She assumed office Jan. 3, 2021.
It may not be a coincidence that members of US Congress who participate in the pension system are vested once they have been in office for five years.
She assumed office Jan. 3, 2021.
It may not be a coincidence that members of US Congress who participate in the pension system are vested once they have been in office for five years.
"So little pains do the vulgar take in the investigation of truth, accepting readily the first story that comes to hand."
— Thucydides, 5th century BC
— Thucydides, 5th century BC
The #WestCoastHealthAlliance continues to strongly recommend vaccines to protect our children, noting that rigorous research of millions of people in multiple countries over decades provides high quality evidence that vaccines are not linked to #autism. (1/
November 22, 2025 at 3:36 AM
"So little pains do the vulgar take in the investigation of truth, accepting readily the first story that comes to hand."
— Thucydides, 5th century BC
— Thucydides, 5th century BC
Every time I see the word "inveigle" used, I imagine it's what the Hamburglar does.
November 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Every time I see the word "inveigle" used, I imagine it's what the Hamburglar does.
"The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which."
— George Orwell, Animal Farm (1945)
— George Orwell, Animal Farm (1945)
November 20, 2025 at 3:25 AM
"The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which."
— George Orwell, Animal Farm (1945)
— George Orwell, Animal Farm (1945)
Ownership, yes, but IMO there's another necessary aspect:
Team leads must feel safe to make decisions, which means they must trust that their peers and managers will support them.
No blame, no kibitzing, no second-guessing.
Mistakes and recovery are inevitable. Support must include that.
Team leads must feel safe to make decisions, which means they must trust that their peers and managers will support them.
No blame, no kibitzing, no second-guessing.
Mistakes and recovery are inevitable. Support must include that.
It turns out teams are not fond of being lectured about modularity, nor of being brow-beaten by a series of bots and alerts.
Until they are empowered in every sense of the word to own a federated vision of modularity for their team you will see that modularity effort fail.
Until they are empowered in every sense of the word to own a federated vision of modularity for their team you will see that modularity effort fail.
November 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Ownership, yes, but IMO there's another necessary aspect:
Team leads must feel safe to make decisions, which means they must trust that their peers and managers will support them.
No blame, no kibitzing, no second-guessing.
Mistakes and recovery are inevitable. Support must include that.
Team leads must feel safe to make decisions, which means they must trust that their peers and managers will support them.
No blame, no kibitzing, no second-guessing.
Mistakes and recovery are inevitable. Support must include that.
My takeaway from the release of Google Gemini 3 is that Two-Face is no longer interested in stealing it.
November 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
My takeaway from the release of Google Gemini 3 is that Two-Face is no longer interested in stealing it.
Reposted by Bill Karwin
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November 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The Pragmatic Bookshelf has 50% right now on almost every title in the store, including mine: pragprog.com/titles/mfjet...
Go support great people; authors and company included. Pragmatic is people doing things the right way, reward them for that.
Code's save50
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Go support great people; authors and company included. Pragmatic is people doing things the right way, reward them for that.
Code's save50
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Reposted by Bill Karwin
How much is your company spending to support the Python Software Foundation?
For comparison, how much do they spend for tips on expensed meals?
The PSF runs PyPI, where pip installs from. You depend on PyPI.
Fund the PSF. Tip your server!
www.python.org/psf/sponsors...
For comparison, how much do they spend for tips on expensed meals?
The PSF runs PyPI, where pip installs from. You depend on PyPI.
Fund the PSF. Tip your server!
www.python.org/psf/sponsors...
Sponsor the PSF
The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
How much is your company spending to support the Python Software Foundation?
For comparison, how much do they spend for tips on expensed meals?
The PSF runs PyPI, where pip installs from. You depend on PyPI.
Fund the PSF. Tip your server!
www.python.org/psf/sponsors...
For comparison, how much do they spend for tips on expensed meals?
The PSF runs PyPI, where pip installs from. You depend on PyPI.
Fund the PSF. Tip your server!
www.python.org/psf/sponsors...
A new AI startup is named after Prometheus, the character from classical mythology — who was also known primarily for stealing intellectual property.
Jeff Bezos Creates A.I. Start-Up Where He Will Be Co-Chief Executive
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A new AI startup is named after Prometheus, the character from classical mythology — who was also known primarily for stealing intellectual property.
My position on the Affordable Care Act (aka ObamaCare) hasn't changed since it was enacted in 2010:
The ACA should be repealed and replaced.
Instead, the US should have single-payer universal health care.
The ACA should be repealed and replaced.
Instead, the US should have single-payer universal health care.
November 10, 2025 at 1:13 AM
My position on the Affordable Care Act (aka ObamaCare) hasn't changed since it was enacted in 2010:
The ACA should be repealed and replaced.
Instead, the US should have single-payer universal health care.
The ACA should be repealed and replaced.
Instead, the US should have single-payer universal health care.
Even if they're sued for zero damages, merely requiring them to remove the IP from the OpenAI models will cost them billions. It'd be like asking a metalworker to remove one metal from an alloy. They'd just have to scrap the piece and start over.
Studio Ghibli, Bandai Namco, Square Enix demand OpenAI stop using their content to train AI
Studio Ghibli, Bandai Namco, Square Enix demand OpenAI stop using their content to train AI
No more Spirited Away and Demon Slayer in Sora 2.
buff.ly
November 4, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Even if they're sued for zero damages, merely requiring them to remove the IP from the OpenAI models will cost them billions. It'd be like asking a metalworker to remove one metal from an alloy. They'd just have to scrap the piece and start over.
Setting aside for a moment how ridiculously poor that password choice was. It also makes me SMH that the password — even if it had been a strong one — was documented in plain text *anywhere*.
November 3, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Setting aside for a moment how ridiculously poor that password choice was. It also makes me SMH that the password — even if it had been a strong one — was documented in plain text *anywhere*.
I'm still amused our 2002 Halloween costumes were copied by celebrities Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner. Even the wood paneling in the background!
October 31, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I'm still amused our 2002 Halloween costumes were copied by celebrities Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner. Even the wood paneling in the background!
FYI, if you're on a Mac and you find your mouse refuses to highlight text in Microsoft Word or other apps —
Reboot. That's what fixed it for me.
Reboot. That's what fixed it for me.
October 28, 2025 at 1:01 AM
FYI, if you're on a Mac and you find your mouse refuses to highlight text in Microsoft Word or other apps —
Reboot. That's what fixed it for me.
Reboot. That's what fixed it for me.
I don't know why no one has thought of this before.
October 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I don't know why no one has thought of this before.
The logo graphic for the Governors' Public Health Alliance reminds me of the movie logo for Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. This suggests the Public Health Alliance sees themselves as the rebellion, which I think is apt.
October 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The logo graphic for the Governors' Public Health Alliance reminds me of the movie logo for Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. This suggests the Public Health Alliance sees themselves as the rebellion, which I think is apt.
One year for Halloween I dressed as Aquaman and went to a costume party.
A drunk guy asked, "hey where's your sidekick?"
I said Aqualad is not speaking to me, because I kept calling him "chum."
A drunk guy asked, "hey where's your sidekick?"
I said Aqualad is not speaking to me, because I kept calling him "chum."
October 23, 2025 at 2:47 AM
One year for Halloween I dressed as Aquaman and went to a costume party.
A drunk guy asked, "hey where's your sidekick?"
I said Aqualad is not speaking to me, because I kept calling him "chum."
A drunk guy asked, "hey where's your sidekick?"
I said Aqualad is not speaking to me, because I kept calling him "chum."
I saw "The Addams Family" musical at the Mountain Community Theater in Ben Lomond, California. A treat!
I saw it elsewhere a few years ago and I thought it was kind of meh, but this performance was way more charming. They nailed the musical numbers, and IMO the cast had better chemistry. Worth it!
I saw it elsewhere a few years ago and I thought it was kind of meh, but this performance was way more charming. They nailed the musical numbers, and IMO the cast had better chemistry. Worth it!
Current Show - Mountain Community Theater
May 17 – June 9RAPTURE, BLISTER, BURNBy Gina GionfriddoDirected by Peter Gelblum This biting comedy about feminism, choices, and love was a Pulitzer Prize finalist that the New York Times called "inte...
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October 7, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I saw "The Addams Family" musical at the Mountain Community Theater in Ben Lomond, California. A treat!
I saw it elsewhere a few years ago and I thought it was kind of meh, but this performance was way more charming. They nailed the musical numbers, and IMO the cast had better chemistry. Worth it!
I saw it elsewhere a few years ago and I thought it was kind of meh, but this performance was way more charming. They nailed the musical numbers, and IMO the cast had better chemistry. Worth it!